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UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan

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View of Saint-Paul Street, Montreal, Canada.

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UNHCR underscores humanitarian imperative for refugees as new U.S. rules announced

In light of the Executive Order regarding U.S. refugee resettlement, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, underscores that refugees are ordinary people forced to flee war, violence and persecution in their home countries and who remain in urgent need of life...

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In Parliament this week: International Women´s Day, EU asylum rules, palm oil

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In Niger, Security Council links aid and development in fight against Boko Haram

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Security Council representatives speak to journalists during the Council's first ever visit to Niger.

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